Backcountry Adventures Colorado (Backcountry Adventures)

by PETER MASSEY, JEANNE WILSON, ANGELA TITUS
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Introducing Backcountry Adventures Colorado, Adler Publishing's exciting NEW 2008 addition to the award-winning Adventures series. This colorful, hardcover book includes 143 of the best scenic drives, historic backcountry trails, and famous off-road routes that Colorado has to offer. Visit ghost towns such as Animas Forks and Ruby, where miners once flocked for their chance to strike it rich. Travel in the path of such famous explorers, outlaws, and prospectors as Ferdinand Hayden, Doc Holliday, and Horace Tabor. Stare in awe at the breathtaking scenery at the top of some of Colorado s tallest peaks. Like the other guides in the Backcountry Adventures series, Backcountry Adventures Colorado provides a helpful, concise chart with each trail description, listing starting and finishing point, mileage, driving time, and elevation. Hundreds of photographs and fascinating histories bring the trail to life. Also, new for Backcountry Adventures Colorado is the inclusion of color topographic maps for each trail and region. Backcountry Adventures Colorado is the most comprehensive book of its kind and is indispensable for planning any kind of outdoor adventure in the Centennial State. It will appeal to everyone who loves the backcountry: campers, anglers, four-wheelers, hikers, mountain bikers, snowmobilers, amateur prospectors, sightseers, and more...